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Monday, November 26, 2012

Pottery Barn Candle Knockoff

This Christmas, why not wow with a gift that looks like it came straight from Pottery Barn?

Where else would you go to create your Pottery Barn inspired gift? The Dollar Store or Goodwill, of course.

Load up your basket with a glass candle stick, a tall glass vase, a
pillar wax candle {which is becoming harder to find these days}, some white tissue paper, and a bag of cranberries (okay,
you might have to go to the grocery store to buy the cranberries).

To create your hurricane, you’ll need some Gorilla Glue. Apply some
Gorilla Glue to the top of your candle stick. Be warned: a little goes a
long way. Put the candle stick on top of the vase and allow plenty of
time for it to dry and adhere.

Now to give your pillar candle some Christmas cheer. The
possibilities are endless, you could add a black and white picture or a
poem to your candle. I decided to add some Christmas music to my
candle.
Whatever you decide to add to your candle, you’ll need to print it
onto your tissue paper. First, grab a piece of card stock (the color
does not matter), some tissue paper, and some tape.

Tape your tissue paper onto the card stock. To prevent printer jams,
make sure you tape all edges of the tissue paper onto the card stock.

Make sure to load the tissue paper into your printer in the direction
that will result in the tissue paper side being printed on and not the
card stock. Then print your design. You may also want to guide the card
stock/tissue paper by gently pushing down on it as the printer is
pulling it through.

When it comes out of the printer, it should look something like this:

Cut the edges to free your printed tissue paper. This is far easier then trying to remove the pieces of tape.

Wrap the tissue paper around your pillar candle. I secured my tissue paper into place using a few push pins.

Grab your hair dryer. Set it on high or hot and begin to apply heat
to the tissue paper. You will start to see the candle wax grabbing
ahold of the tissue paper.

Continue working your way around the candle, heating every part of
the tissue paper to the pillar candle.The last step, putting it all
together. Put some of those cranberries into the bottom of the
hurricane vase.

Then add your pillar candle.

What’s better than a Pottery Barn gift? A gift made from the heart on a Dollar Store budget.

*I shared this post, last year, on Money Savings Mom, when it seemed like the wax candles were easier to find and my photography skills were obviously lacking :)

It is amazing that you can do that with tissue paper and a hair dryer!!! It is so pretty. Love what you did with the candlestick and vase. I can see this being adapted for any holiday, or just for year-round. Such a great idea.

Amy this is so pretty and I can think of a million cute ways to use these ideas besides just the candle...but first...I'm forwarding this to Judy because I know she'll want to see that printing on tissue paper thing (amazing!) and then putting it on the candle (awesomeness). Thank you my dear!

What a fantastic idea! I'd skip the cranberries (won't they go bad and mushy??) and just do the candle in the glass. Thanks for the tip about the tissue paper printing and transfer. That's fantastic! :D

Amy, This is beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing at Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop. This weeks party starts at 12:01AM on Wednesday and runs through Sunday night. Have a great week.Debi, Joye and Myrna (The Busy Bee's), Linda (Two Succulent Sisters)

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